Nova Scotia Highway 105

Highway 105
Mabel and Alexander Graham Bell Way Trans-Canada Highway
Route information
Maintained by Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Length:	142 km[citation needed] (88 mi)
Existed:	1970[citation needed] – present
Major junctions
West end:	Hwy 104 (TCH) / Trunk 4 / Trunk 19 near Port Hawkesbury
	Hwy 162 near Bras d'Or Hwy 125 to Sydney
East end:	North Sydney Ferry Terminal
Highway system
Provincial highways in Nova Scotia ← Hwy 104 (TCH) Hwy 106 (TCH) →

Highway 105 in Nova Scotia represents the Cape Breton Island leg of the Trans-Canada Highway. It runs from the junction just east of the Canso Causeway in Port Hastings to the Marine Atlantic ferry terminal in North Sydney, representing a distance of 142 kilometres (88 mi).

In 2010, the provincial government named the entire highway Mabel and Alexander Graham Bell Way in honour of Mabel Gardiner Hubbard and her husband Alexander Graham Bell, who resided and are buried at Beinn Bhreagh near Baddeck.^[1]

Seal Island Bridge on Highway 105

The highway travels northeast from Port Hastings along the base of a group of mountains known as Big Ridge to Whycocomagh. It then follows the north shore of Bras d'Or Lake, bypassing Baddeck on a controlled access segment. Still running in a general northeast direction, the highway ascends and descends a number of hills, before reaching the peak of Kelly's Mountain. Highway 105 descends using a series of sharp turns, and crosses the Great Bras d'Or of Bras d'Or Lake on the Seal Island Bridge. The road then runs east through the villages of Bras d'Or and Florence, and has controlled access for the final three kilometres to its end at the Marine Atlantic ferry terminal in North Sydney, where travellers can continue to Newfoundland.

With some minor exceptions, the highway is two lanes and uncontrolled access, with some traffic lights in the Florence area.

The Cabot Trail, which is usually used to describe a different road, is signed along a portion of Highway 105 so that the signed route forms a loop.

Highway 105 is descended from the former Trunk 5, which no longer exists; Highway 105 follows the old Trunk 5 alignment, with Routes 205, 305 and Old Route 5 following areas bypassed by Highway 105. The 105 name was applied in 1970.

List of interchanges

Location	Exit	km	Intersecting Roads	Notes
Port Hastings	1	0	Highway 104, Trunk 4, Trunk 19	Canso Causeway, Fleur-de-Lis Trail, Ceilidh Trail
Kingsville	2	18	Riverside Road	at-grade
Melford	3	31	River Denys Road	at-grade
Iron Mines	4	42	Orangedale Road	at-grade (Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive)
Whycocomagh [1]	5	47	Route 395	at-grade
Little Narrows	6	58	Route 223	at-grade (Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive)
Buckwheat Corner	7	76	Cabot Trail	at-grade
Baddeck	8	83	Route 205	at-grade
Baddeck	9	85	Riverside Road
MacAulays Hill	10	94	Route 205	at-grade
South Haven	11	103	Cabot Trail	at-grade
Englishtown	12	107	Route 312	at-grade
Big Bank	13	120	Kempt Head Road	at-grade, end of Seal Island Bridge
Boularderie East	14	122	Old Trunk 5	at-grade
New Dominion	15	126	St. James Road	at-grade
Millville Boularderie	16	132	Millville Road	at-grade
Bras d'Or	17	135	Highway 162	at-grade
Bras d'Or / Florence	18	136	Route 305, Church Road	at-grade
Florence	19	138	Park Road	at-grade
Sydney Mines	20	139	Highway 125, Main Street
North Sydney	21	142	Route 305 (Queen Street)

References

1. ^ Highway 105 Designated Mabel and Alexander Graham Bell Way - Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal

Preceded by Highway 104

Trans-Canada Highway Highway 105

Succeeded by NL Route 1